We work at home, and sometimes we like to move around the house and find new places to camp out instead of being parked in front of a desk all day. I thought this little table would be perfect for those days...so far I've wheeled this to several parts of the house (for privacy & conference calls) without having to use my computer mouse on the arm of a chair. It's been perfect for the kids, too, when they want to come hang out with mom in the office, and I anticipate this will get a lot of use once school starts! We don't eat in front of the tv, but for those that do, this would be great!  It doesn't quite fit over the arm of our sofa -- but it really does work well for all of our armchairs.